These are all entries bearing the tag news.
-
Charges Filed by Pirate Bay
The Pirate Bay has announced that they are filing criminal charges against corporations who've aided and conspired with highly-critized organization MediaDefender, alleging acts of blatant sabotage against their infrastructure, a highly criminal offense. While I have not read the leaked MediaDefender emails myself as of this point, it certainly strikes me as not being beyond this unscrupulous organization. More information should be available as events unfold.
-
Denmark: Goodbye, democracy
It is with great dismay that the message reaches me that Denmark has abolished the right to secrecy of correspondence (the preceding link is in Swedish). These laws protect private citizens from having their private correspondence, such as letters or packages, opened or searched by anyone else, including the government, and it's a cornerstone of our liberties. In the United States, this is something covered by the Fourth Amendment. In Sweden, this is covered by our constitution.
-
Masculine Stereovision
This article about male roles on television was linked to me earlier. It's pretty old by now, but a good read on its own, and highly insightful. It shocked me a bit—not because I was surprised to see my gender being portrayed this way on TV, but because I've been watching these shows for years and never really noticing. Something's bothered me about them on some level, sure, but this is the first time I've really thought about it... and suddenly it seems outrageously clear.
-
Norwegian men's rights to be debated
Aftenposten reports today that the Norwegian minister of Equality has set up a panel to discuss men's rights. 32 men of varied backgrounds have been gathered, their purpose to raise awareness of men's societal rights and the shortcomings of such rights, and to “spark public discussion”. I say it's about freaking time, and that I hope other nations will soon follow.
-
The Internet killed the video star
I think most of you have heard by now that Elton John says the Internet is “destroying good music", suggesting that perhaps the "Internet should be turned off” for a few years. Blatant techno-ignorance aside, all he really does is come off as an old crank waving a stick at the youngsters on his lawn.
-
Tributes belated
So, legendary Swedish director Ingmar Bergman is dead. And now, just a few days after his death, the tributes on television, radio, the Internet etc. come pouring in. And while Bergman was certainly worthy of such tributes, it reminded me of something about these tributes that bothers me a little: they all come too late.